“The cacophony of contemporary popular culture makes it hard to discern the call of truth and wisdom. There is no area in which practicing asceticism is more important.”

“Our greatest natural resources are our hearts and minds, together with those of the people around us.”

“Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else”

“If yoga is about life, this means ALL life, not just part of it. Together, the spiritual and the material constitute the whole you, the whole of the experience of being human, and the nature of the universe in which you live. There may be no step more important to achieving ultimate fulfillment than accepting what the Vedas teach us about desires--that some desires are inpsired by your soul.”

“Unless you call attentionto your presencewho will know you're there?Even a countryhas to weave and wave a flagas proof of its existence.”

“risk feeds sensation...sensation makes risk acceptable.”

“I've been going a long time nowalong the way I've learned some things.You have to make the good times yourselftake the little times and make them into big timesand save the times that are all rightfor the ones that aren't so good.”